MIME

A Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension is an email standard that allows email to include texts, audio, video and attachments. Without MIME, email communication is only limited to texts.

MIME Format

Headers – Contains metadata (e.g., sender, recipient, subject).
MIME-Version – Specifies MIME usage (always "1.0").
Content-Type – Defines the format (plain text, HTML, images, attachments).
Content-Encoding – Defines how data is encoded (Base64 for images/files).

Content Types

MIMEText - Plain text or HTML content
MIMEImage - Images (JPEG, PNG, etc.)
MIMEAudio - Audio files
MIMEApplication - PDFs, Word Docs, ZIP files
MIMEMultipart - Combines multiple parts(text, images etc)

Question❓

Your current SMTP mail client only handles sending text messages in the email body. Modify your client such that it can send emails with both text and images

Answer 🎯

Using MIME, The smtp_client has been updated to send an image alongside the text message. The new code includes:

• MIMETEXT() module
• MIMEIMAGE() module The smtp_client code remains the same.

SMTP Client side

Recipient's Email.